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from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
Boomer consumers lacking in money skills
Initiative threatens Avista dam
More than half of Avista Corp.’s power-generating resources could be at risk if a proposed initiative makes it onto Montana’s November ballot.
Northwest Mailing delivers
Selling office mailing equipment is much like selling golf clubs in West Palm Beach. The market is always there. The key question is: How hard do you work to close the sale? Two Spokane partners, John Allen and Dwayne Alexander, were working for Pitney Bowes and decided in 2002 they could do better on their own.
Ex-Enron exec’s wife gets 1 year in prison
The wife of former Enron finance chief Andrew Fastow pleaded guilty Thursday to helping her husband hide some of his ill-gotten gains and was sentenced to the maximum of one year in prison.
While earnings rise, stocks slumber
Despite an improving economy and stronger-than-expected profit growth in the year’s first quarter, the stock market has stalled. Stocks have been trading in a seesaw pattern most of 2004. The result: The market has been trapped in a narrow trading range, unable to add to last year’s 26 percent gain.
Investors find plenty of reasons to sell
Stocks slumped Thursday as upbeat labor market data was eclipsed by interest rate worries, lackluster retail sales and a stern warning about the nation’s budget deficit from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.
Greenspan issues warning about deficit
Huge federal budget deficits threaten the nation’s long-term economic stability, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday as he raised new concerns about impending financing problems in Social Security and Medicare.
Economy gets double boost
The productivity of America’s companies rose solidly in the opening quarter of this year, and new filings for jobless benefits plunged last week to their lowest level in more than three years, good news for the country’s economic health.
Arthur Caplan: Measles vaccine falsely accused
Editorial: American values are under attack
Molly Ivins: Truth is in the eye of the beholder
Fox will note U.S. accomplishments in Iraq
Fox News host Chris Wallace plans a counterstrike Sunday against his old ABC colleague Ted Koppel, claiming Koppel’s controversial roll call of slain U.S. troops on last Friday’s “Nightline” failed to explain what they died for.
Serviceable items need not be cast aside
When Rachel Ashwell introduced the concept of shabby chic to America in the 1980s, she was really just bringing the European philosophy of reinventing what you have to American shores.
Best of then, now
Al and Charlotte Oliva’s home at 224 E. Manito Place was built in 1912 and will be featured in this year’s annual Mother’s Day tour of historic homes.
Pat Munts: Garden proceeds can help charities
Popular pergolas
The pergola, with apologies to the classical gardens of Italy, has become our great suburban equalizer, making even the modest homestead seem sophisticated.
Carbon monoxide invisible killer
L.M. Boyd Trivia
Our word “melon” comes from the Greek word “melon.” Only in Greek it means “apple.”
More expensive lightbulbs save you money in long run
Spring is here, it’s time to get cleaning
Erase dirt away with Magic
Maybe the kids used the walls as a canvas in a Picasso-inspired spurt of crayon creativity. Or the smudges around the light switches just won’t budge. A wand won’t help, but Mr. Clean’s Magic Eraser might.
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